Radiator cover



May 1, 192s. 1,668,538

C. D. BRANDT RADIATOR COVER Filed Maron 2, 1927 #gal/7m ATTORNEYS Patented ay l, 1928.'

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CHARLES D. BRANDT, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

RADIATOR COVER.

.Application filed Karen a, i927. serial no. 172,146.'

rllhe invention relates to heating radiators as exemplified by the radiators such as constitute parts of and other buildings or equivalent units.

v With such radiators, particularly those included in the heating systems o private homes, it is desirable to provideprotecting covers which prevent the vapors rising therefrom when said radiators are actively in use,

l0 from soiling or otherwise marrmg adjacent woodwork, plaster and particularly draperies such as curtains. The particular object of the present'invention is to provide adjustable supporting devices, incorporated in said w covers as parts thereof, whereby the radiator covers 'may be adjusted to compensate for unevenness in the floor adjacent to a given radiator and whereby the vertical dimensions. of the covers may be varied, within im the range of the device. Other objects of the invention will appear from the description hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the claims.

' In the accompanying drawings, which show an example of the invention without defining its limits, Fig. 1 is a perspective view or' a conventional cover for radiators with the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a detail view of theV novel adjusting device; Fig. 3 is a detail view of one element thereof, and Fig. d is a detail section on the line H of Fig. 2. v Radiator covers of the kind under discussion generally comprise a top 10 dimensioned and shaped to lie above and preerably in spaced relation to the top of an ordinary radiator to cover the same,andsupported upon end members 11 which are intended to rest upon the door or other surface upon which the radiator stands. The cover usually also includes a back 12 arranged to eX- teud in back of the radiator between an adj acent wall and iiurther may be provided with a ront apron 13 depending from thetop 10 in. front oli the raidator and usually of reduced width, as indicated in Fig. 1, so as not to interfere with the radiation of heat from said radiator. t l

Because of the fact that the door in proxo imity to a given radiator is very often unheating systems for homes even or is made so by the presence of carpets or the like adjacent to said radiator, the supporting feet of the radiator covers in such cases do not stand level and sometimesl do not, in part, even engage the floor. Furthermore, because of differences which exist in the vertical dimensions of the radiators themselves,or in the positions which they occupy, said covers are ofttimes incapable of being properly positioned upon a given radiator. To obviate these disadvantages and to make it possible to firmly and properly support said cover upon the Hoor or other surface, on which the radiator stands, and to properly adjust the cover with respect to the radiator with which it is to be combined, the novel adjusting means is combined with said cover.

In the illustrated example the means comprises tubular members 14, preferably of non-circular cross section and shown of rectangular form, and located at the lower portions of the side members 11, said members 1i preferably comprising depending front and rear extensions of the side members 11 as indicated in Fig. 1. Hollow supporting members 15 of a cross-sectional form coniplemental to that of the tubular members 14 are telescopically fitted into the latter so as to be slidable relatively thereto; in the preferred form the supporting members 15 at their lower ends are provided with caps 16 which' not only provide more efficient sup porting rests but also limit the extent to which the members 15 may telescope into the members 1l. yThe illustrated arrangement with respect to the members 14: and 15 may be reversed without detracting from the efficiency of the device; that is the members le instead of telescoping over the members 15 may slide into the same. In any case the members 1d and 15 are provided in walls which are in slidable surface relation to each other with closed slots 16 and 17 respectively, said slots 1G and 17 being located upon the respective members 1a and 15 so as to intersect each other in diagonal directions and to thereby at all times define a rectangular opening 18 at the crossing points of any two co-operating slots. 1n the preerred arrangement a-nd in order to facilitate asma sembling of the parts the slots 16 and 17 at corresponding ends, are provided with rela-` tively enlarged recesses 16zl and 171L respectively. A fastening device in the form of a bolt 19 passes through the opening 18 and at its inner end is provided with a head 20 or its equivalent which bears against the inner surface of the slotted wall of the member 14 and at its outer exposed end is screw threaded for the accommodation of a nut 21 or its equivalent. If desired, washers 22 may be located between the nuts 21 and the members 14.

In utilizing the device for the purpose of levelling the radiator cover upon an uneven ioor, the nuts 21 or their equivalent are loosened and the members 15 are slidably adjusted in the members 14 in such a manner that all of the caps 16 of the different supporting members will properly engage and rest upon the floorv and the top 10 of the radiator cover will be horizontally level. By screwing up the nuts 21 the members 15 may be iixed in the proper adjustment to maintain the above results. In addition to the above, the device may be used within its limits for adjusting the height of the cover with respect to the radiator with which it is to be combined. In such case the nuts 21 or their equivalent having been loosened, the members 15 are slidably adjusted in the members 14 to position the top 10 of the radiator cover at the desired height with respect to the radiator top, and in this position to firmly set the heads 16 in engagement with the floor or equivalent surface upon which the radiator stands. When the proper adjustment has been secured the nuts 2l are again tightened to draw the heads 2O against the members 15 and to press the washers 22 against the members 14 whereby the mem- 'bers 14 and 15 of each pair are rmly clamped in position against unintentional relative movements.

As the members 15 in either case are telescopically adjusted relatively to the members 14, the bolts 19 because of the diagonal relation of the slots 16 and 17 will automatically ride lengthwise of said slots 16 and 17 as the rectangular opening 18 shifts its position lengthwise thereof. In any and all positions of the members 15 relatively to the members 14, said bolts 19 are thus accommodated in bolt openings which prevent displacement of said bolts out of the positions they occupy in any given adjustment of the members 14 and 15. In other words, the bolts 19 are positively held against displacement lengthwise of the slots and consequently are automatically set in the most eliieient positions in all adjustments of the members 15. As a result of this the parts are firmly and securely set in any position without ei'ort and without requiring an eX- cessive tightening of the nuts 21 or their l equivalent; consequently changes in adjustments are easily accomplished at will..

With the device in question the radlator cover may be levelled or otherwise adjusted to a position of maximum efficiency on the ioor or other surface and may be properly fitted upon the radiator so as to present at all times an attractive finished appearance.

In assembling the parts the members 14 and 15 are telescopically positioned with respect to each to bring the enlarged recesses 16a and 17a of the slots 16 and'17 into registry with each other. The heads 20 of the \bolts 19 are then passed inwardly through the recesses 16a and 17a which are dimensioned to permit this, after which the members 14 and 15 are slidably shifted to bring the bolts 19 into the slots 16 and 17 which are too narrow to permit the heads 20 to pass through. The nuts 21 may be screwed on to the bolts 19 prior to the insertion of the heads 2O as described or subsequently thereto. In order to facilitate this operation the caps VV16 are preferably fixed upon the members 15 after the above assembling operation has been completed in order to enable the heads 20' to be suitably held to prevent rotation 'of the bolts 19 while the nuts 21 are being screwed thereon.

Vhile the novel means is designed primarily for radiator covers, it obviously may be used in combination with other devices having supporting functions in vertical d irections and requiring adjustment as to position or levelling such as the legs of tables, chairs and kindred articles.

Various changes in the specific form shown and described may be made within the sco e of the claims without departing from t e spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A radiator cover including a top, end members for supporting said top in operative position, telescopic supporting members depending from said end members and provided with intersecting slots located in diagonal relation to each other, and clamping devices extending through said slots at their points of intersection for clamping said telescopic members in adjusted positions.

2. An adjustable device comprising a tubular member having a supporting function in an upright position, a hollow supporting member telescopically combined with said tubular member, said members being provided in contiguous walls, with slots which intersect each other in diagonalrdirections, and a clamping device extending through said slots at their point of intersection -to clamp said members in an adjusted position.

3. An adjustable device comprising a tubular member of rectangular cross-section iaving a supporting function in an upright osition a hollow su: ortino member hava i P a ing a cross-Section complemented to thatl of the tubuiarvvtme-inber and slidably mounted Wit-hin the gerne, said. members being provided, in Walls' which are i-u slidable 'surface relation, with 'slots which intersect each other in .diagonal directions, and a bolt. ex-

CHARLES D. BRANDT. 

